Lurie Children’s is one of only nine children's hospitals nationwide – and the only one in Illinois – to be recognized as a “Top Children’s Hospital” for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group, a national consortium of healthcare payers that promotes “leaps” in patient safety.

In 2001, our hospital was the nation’s first pediatric freestanding hospital and the first hospital in Illinois to earn the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence. In 2015, Lurie Children’s was re-designated for a third time; less than 1% of hospitals have been designated four times.